Gameplay Basics

Resogun is a simple jet-shooter game. The objective is to save the humans on each level and defeat all the enemies. To do this, you must destroy green ships to unlock one of ten humans from the ten boxes around the level. Once they are out, fly next to them to carry them to one of the several pods around the level. Do this quickly or they may be abducted. Carrying them to a pod will give you an extra life, extra bomb, more points, a shield for a short time, power up your weapon, or power up your overdrive.

Each ship has their own main weapon that can be upgraded with power ups. There are also three skills that can be used.

Boost allows you to either get away from your enemies quickly or get to your enemies quickly if you're on the other side of the level and are about to break your chain. While boosting, you will be invincible, and can even destroy enemy ships with direct impact. Destroying enemies while boosting will regenerate your boost meter and cause a larger explosion at the end of the boost. After using Boost, wait for the small half-circle gauge above the ship to recharge before using it again.

Overdrive increases the power of your main weapon by a significant amount and slows down time. It can only be used for a short time, and can be upgraded through power ups.

Bombs will clear the entire level of enemies for the moment, but this may cause you to lose your multiplier. Only use it in dire situations. If you hold on to some bombs and complete the level, you will earn bonus points.

After saving the humans, the main aspect of Resogun is scoring. You will earn points by rescuing humans and destroying enemy ships. Keep firing on enemy ships to build up your multiplier and earn even more points. The faster you kill enemies, the higher and faster your multiplier will climb.

If you stop firing at enemy ships for a short time, your multiplier will reset back to 1x. The exact amount of time for the multiplier to reset and the highest multiplier available all depends on the difficulty you're playing on. The higher the difficulty, the faster the multiplier will reset, and the higher the difficulty, the higher the multiplier.